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CEE REGION Lagoon life comes to CEE capitals

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Forty Management has announced that it is soon to begin work on its Central District Lagoon City hotel and mixed-use complex in Bucharest, while the launches of similar projects are pending in Prague and Budapest and that it is seeking a site for one in Warsaw.

Central District Lagoon City in Bucharest will be located at Strada Coralilor 18 in Sector 1, about 9 km north of the city centre. It will feature a 10,000 sqm artificial turquoise lagoon surrounded by 3,200 sqm of white sand beach, as well as a 323-room internationally branded 5-star hotel, office and retail/service space, 401 apartments, three restaurants, sky and beach bars, cafés, a cinema, a spa, a gym, a beauty clinic, concierge services and a heliport. Technology patented by Florida-based Crystal Lagoons is to be used to create the lagoon.

Work on Central District Lagoon City in Bucharest is to begin after the winter and should be completed by the end of 2025.

Romanian developer Forty Management has also revealed that similar projects are at the permitting stage in Prague and Budapest, while a site is being sought in Warsaw for another.

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Poland ELI grows in Silesia

schedule 20 September 2024
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Poland Another Smart Park sold

schedule 19 September 2024
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schedule 19 September 2024
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Poland One more beer in Pruszków

schedule 19 September 2024
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Germany Garbe is leasing in Kelsterbach

schedule 19 September 2024
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schedule 18 September 2024
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Poland Strabag to develop Plaza Nova

schedule 18 September 2024
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schedule 18 September 2024
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Poland Nepi set to buy Magnolia

schedule 17 September 2024
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schedule 17 September 2024
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schedule 16 September 2024
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Poland Amazon goes off in Silesia

schedule 16 September 2024
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schedule 16 September 2024
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schedule 13 September 2024
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schedule 13 September 2024
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schedule 12 September 2024
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schedule 12 September 2024
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schedule 12 September 2024
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Technology

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schedule 12 September 2024
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Residential

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schedule 11 September 2024
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schedule 23 August 2024

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schedule 09 August 2024

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schedule 24 June 2024

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schedule 22 May 2024

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schedule 17 April 2024

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schedule 03 April 2024

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schedule 08 March 2024

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schedule 27 February 2024

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schedule 15 February 2024

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schedule 05 February 2024

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schedule 10 January 2024

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schedule 30 November 2023

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schedule 22 November 2023

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schedule 19 October 2023

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schedule 13 October 2023

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schedule 04 September 2023

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schedule 25 August 2023

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schedule 21 August 2023

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schedule 08 August 2023

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Edition 9 (291) September 2024

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